Sun Sep 22, 2013 11:06am EDT * Neutral Switzerland has not fought in a war in 200 years * 73 percent of voters reject proposal to scrap conscription * Third attempt by the pacifist GSOA to abolish draft ZURICH, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Switzerland voted overwhelmingly to keep military conscription on Sunday, the third time citizens of the Alpine nation had rejected an attempt to reconstitute an institution regarded by many Swiss as a national 'glue'. The neutral country, which has not fought an international war in 200 years, voted 73 percent in favour of maintaining the draft, seen as helping to bind together generations of Swiss who do not share a single language or culture. All 23 Swiss cantons voted to keep conscription. The result is a blow for the pacifist Group for Switzerland without an Army (GSOA), which wanted to replace compulsory military service with an all-volunteer force. Voters rejected GSOA's attempt to scrap the army altogether in 1989, as well as 2001 referendum…Read More

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